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This roasted butternut squash and chickpea salad with tahini dressing has been making its way around the food blogging sphere over the last few months and it has been on my to try list for a while. I figured I had better try to make it soon or else file it away for next year. Luckily I was able to find a small butternut squash and I was all set to make the salad. I pretty much used the recipe as it was though I took the opportunity to try adding a new whole grain that I had wanted to try, wheatberries. Wheat berry is simply wheat that is less processed and has had less removed. The roasted butternut squash and chickpea wheatberry salad turned out quite well. Sweet roasted butternut squash is great all by itself but the creamy and tangy tahini dressing worked really well with it and with the rest of the salad. I enjoyed the nice chewy texture that the wheatberries added to the salad and I am looking forward to using them again. The salad good both still warm from the squash and wheatberries being cooked and chilled from the fridge.

Roasted Butternut Squash and Chickpea Wheatberry Salad

Servings: 4

ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 pound squash (peeled, seeded and cut into bite sized pieces)

1 cup wheatberries (cook as directed)

1 cup chickpeas (drained and rinsed)

1/4 cup red onion (chopped)

2 tablespoons cilantro

1/4 cup tahini, lemon and yogurt dressing

directions

Toss the squash in the oil, salt and pepper to coat.

Bake in a single layer in a preheated 400F/200C oven for 30 minutes flipping once in the middle.

Mix the squash, chickpeas, red onion and cilantro and top with the dressing.

Tahini, Lemon and Yogurt Dressing

ingredients

2 tablespoons tahini

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/4 cup cup Greek yogurt (or regular plain yogurt)

1 clove garlic (grated)

salt and pepper to taste

* olive oil or water

directions

Mix everything and add olive oil or water to get it to the desired consistency.

Kevin, what a wonderful dish! The tahini-lemon-yogurt dressing is a great combination. KNowing your penchant for maple syrup, I must inform you that a friend of mine swears by tahini with maple syrup, a mix I have not tried, but he was not giving up his quantities and any other ingredients, so I cannot share that with you just yet. :( In any case, let me also state that I very much like your photographs and platings. Very nice work.

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